Reception

/ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/ · noun

Meaning

The act of receiving..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of receiving.
2. (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
3. A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
4. A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
5. The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
6. (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
7. (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
8. (American football) The act of catching a pass.

Example Sentences

We have poor TV reception in the valley.

The new system provides exceptional quality of the reception signal.

After the wedding we proceeded to the reception.

"There was warmth, but there was also trepidation," said the head of one gay group, who attended the reception.

The ambassador's jokes met a cold reception.

At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.

The crusty portier and the crusty clerks gave us the surly reception which their kind deal out in prosperous times, but by mollifying them with an extra display of obsequiousness and servility we finally got them to show us to the room which our boy had engaged for us.

Former Tottenham star Rohan Ricketts came off the Rovers bench with 19 minutes to go to a warm reception from the home fans, six years after leaving the Lane.

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• receptions

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